Watersmeet is an

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and

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(CDP) in Watersmeet Township, Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 408, out of a total population in the township of 1,456. The community was

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ted in 1884, designated as a station of the Milwaukee Lake Shore and Western Railroad.

Geography

The community is located in the northern part of Watersmeet Township, in the western part of Michigan's

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, at the

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of Duck Creek with the Middle Branch of the

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. U.S. Routes 2 and 45 cross at the southern edge of town; US 2 leads southeast to Iron River and northwest to

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, while US 45 leads north to Ontonagon on

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and south to

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. The community is also served by the State Line Trail. The community of Watersmeet was listed as a newly-organized census-designated place for the 2010 census, meaning it now has officially defined boundaries and population statistics for the first time. According to the

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, the Watersmeet CDP has an area of , of which , or 0.05%, is water.

Demographics

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Gogebic County, Michigan Census-designated places in Michigan Unincorporated communities in Gogebic County, Michigan Unincorporated communities in Michigan